About Gaighat Village

Gaighat is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 770 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.25 hectares hectares.

Gaighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaighat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Chakia
Area (hectares)	192.25 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	770
Female Population	683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaighat compares

By the 2011 count Gaighat is the 72nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 192.25 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Gaighat

Gaighat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gaighat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaighat from other places

Gaighat lies about 28 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Ahraura Road, about 18 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Gaighat
Nearest town	Ahraura	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chakia	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ahraura Road	18 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	28 km

Villages closest to Gaighat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chakia tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Gaighat

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaighat village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Gaighat village has 770 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaighat has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Gaighat covers 192.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gaighat falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gaighat is Ahraura Road, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Gaighat.

Gaighat is about 28 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaighat is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Ahraura is about 8.2 km away. Chakia is about 12 km away. Ahraura Road is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.